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May 11, 1998




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COVER STORY
 The New Era of Lifestyle Drugs
    COVER IMAGE: Viagra: The New Era of Lifestyle Drugs
    TABLE: What's Viagra Worth?
    TABLE: Redefining the Blockbuster
    The Formula at Pfizer: Don't Run with the Crowd
       CHART: Viagra Pays Off for Pfizer Investors
    Commentary: Is This Prescription Necessary?
    Danger: Read the Label
       TABLE: Have Pen, Will Prescribe
    ONLINE ORIGINAL: Merck: A Sleeper among the Drug Stocks?
 
UP FRONT
 Talk Show
 Will Worldcom Have to Slim Down?
 Lockheed's Ship Might Not Come In
 Jim Hoffa: A Union Leader the GOP Could Love
 Yurie Systems: The Shorts Still Come Up Short
    TABLE: Short Positions in Yurie
 Why Madd Is Mad at Bud
 The Organization Sherpa
 Soaking the Rich Does Work
 CHART: What Do Rich People Worry About?
 Footnotes
 
READERS REPORT
 Break Up Microsoft? A Record Response--and Most Say 'no'
 An E-Mail Sampler from Bill Gates's Friends and Foes
    TABLE: Your Vote
 'We Don't Drink Software Programs Like Colas'
 Antitrust Action Can 'torture' Legitimate Businesses (int'l edition)
 
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
 ''Telecom Giants'' (Special Report, Apr. 6)
 ''Munsingwear will take this rap'' (Up Front, Apr. 13)
 ''Mergers: Crack Down on Stupid Accounting Tricks,'' (News: Analysis & Commentary, May 4)
 
LETTER FROM FINLAND
 'He Left Us Living in a Museum'
    MAP: Finland
    PHOTO: Stool Designed by Alvar Aalto, 1954
    PHOTO: ''Primio'' Arm Chair Designed by Alvar Aalto, 1931-32
    PHOTO: Alvar and Elissa Aalto, 1963
    PHOTO: Essen Opera House Designed by Alvar Aalto, 1959
 
BOOKS
 Why the Party Won't Be over Soon
    PHOTO: Cover, ''Prosperity''
 Bad Boys
    PHOTO: Cover, ''Lloyd: What Happened''
 Inside B-Ball
    PHOTO: Cover, ''Tim McCarver's Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans''
 
TECHNOLOGY & YOU
 Storage Space for a Song
    TABLE: Adding Capacity
 
ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT
 The Net: A Market Too Perfect for Profits
 
ECONOMIC TRENDS
 Gen-X Gets Short-Changed
    CHART: How Young Adults Have Fallen Behind
 Stock Analysts Shun Bad News
 What's with the Self-Employed?
    CHART: Diverging Measures of Job Growth
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
 U.S.: The Snake in Wall Street's Eden
    CHART: Asia Takes a Toll on Factory Orders
    CHART: Consumers Remain Euphoric
    CHART: Home Sales: Still in an Uptrend
 Argentina: This Party's Not over Yet
    CHART: The Trade Picture Deteriorates Sharply
 
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
 Skittish Bulls
    TABLE: The Two Faces of the Market
    Commentary: Does the Dividend Yield Even Matter?
       CHART: While the Market Has Taken Off...Dividends Have Lagged
    Commentary: If the Fed Is Bluffing, It's a Wily Move
 Where Are All Those Airline Tie-Ups Headed?
    TABLE: The Alliance Tango
 Beijing's Ultimatum for the Avon Lady
 Hollywood: Monsters, Meteors, and Management Shakeups
    TABLE: This Summer, Less Is More?
 Crowded in Toon Town
    CHART: Growing by Leaps and Bounds
 Man and Woman at Harvard
 Hooray for Harlem
 
IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK
 Bennett Lebow: Cigarette (Industry) Break
 A Suite of Suits for Microsoft
 Boeing's 717: Ready to Take Off
 Is Cendant on the Ascendant?
 Smooth Sailing for Viacom
 Social Security Looks More Secure
 Et Cetera...
 Synopsys: Designer Stock
    CHART: Synopsys Stock Price
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
 It's Just Getting Worse in Asia
    TABLE: Asia's Rocky Markets
 Carmakers Are Hitting the Wall in Indonesia
 Buyback Fever Hits Europe
    CHART: Repurchase Plans Are Booming
 Finally, Europeans Are Storming the Net
    TABLE: Cyber-Europe's Takeoff
 
THE CORPORATION
 Fruit of the Loom: A Killing in the Caymans?
    CHART: Fruit of the Loom's Sagging Profits...Have Flattened Investor Returns
 Home Improvement at Black & Decker
    TABLE: How Black & Decker Is Powering Up
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 Bill Gates's New Focus: Streaming Video
    TABLE: First, Microsoft Buys into the Technology...Then Gives It Away
    Realnetworks: A Trailblazer Scrambles to Stay Out Front
       CHART: RealNetworks' Profitless Prosperity
 
SPORTS BUSINESS
 Too Many Sports Stadiums?
    Why the Yankees Want to Walk
 
PEOPLE
 In the Cockpit with Twa's Pilot-President
    RESUME: William F. Compton
    TABLE: TWA's Travails
 
FINANCE
 Real Estate: Pumped Up--and Cruising for a Bruising?
    TABLE: Sky-High: A Sampling of Pricey Deals
    Where the Reit Bargains Are
       CHART: REIT Returns Are Slipping
 Sam Zell: Now the World's His Stage
 
INSIDE WALL STREET
 These Oil Rigs Are Sitting Ducks
    CHART: On a Slippery Slope
 Igen May Be Set to Shine Again
    CHART: A Dip Caused by Lack of News
 Coventry Aims to Snare Airlines
    CHART: Resolved to Get off the Ground
 
MEDIA
 John Malone: Cable's Comeback Kid
    CHART: TCI's Improved Cash Flow...Is Helping to Lower Debt...
 
DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH
 Putting a Patch on Faulty Rna
 Uncle Sam Recuts the R&D Pie
    CHART: Civilian Research Beats Defense
 One Singularity Sensation
 Innovations
 Developments to Watch Contacts
 
PERSONAL BUSINESS
 The Titans of Templeton
    Mark Mobius: Global Pioneer
       TABLE: Mobius' Record
    Mark Holowesko: Cool Sailor
       TABLE: Holowesko's Record
 Making a Buck As Banks Hook Up
    TABLE: Bank Stocks Plus
    ONLINE ORIGINAL: Q&A with Tom Finucane of John Hancock
 Time to Hunt for an Investment Pro?
    TABLE: Where To Go for Help
    TABLE: Picking an Adviser
 Net Plays for Daredevil Investors
    TABLE: Red-Hot Companies
    CHART: Net Stocks on a Roll
 So You're Ready to Be a Guinea Pig
    TABLE: Hierarchy of Clinical Trials
 
BUSINESS WEEK INDEX
 Business Week Index
    CHART: Production Index
    HISTORICAL DATA: BW Index Back to 1992
 The Week Ahead
 
INVESTMENT FIGURES OF THE WEEK
 Investment Figures of the Week
    CHART: Mutual Fund Returns
    CHART: Stocks and Bonds
 
EDITORIALS
 The Fed Is on Bubble Patrol
 Consumers Deserve Better Drug Data
 Save Competition in America's Skies
 
INTERNATIONAL -- SPOTLIGHT ON ROMANIA
 In the Wreckage of the Economy...A Tire Tycoon Rides High (int'l edition)
    MAP: Romania
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
 Storming the Web in Europe (int'l edition)
    TABLE: Cyber-Europe's Takeoff
 Setting Up Shop in 'italy's Mexico' (int'l edition)
    CHART: Tighter Romanian-Italian Ties
 Commentary: Siemens Was Smart to Bail out of Pcs (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN BUSINESS
 The Philippine Populist Who's Making Business Nervous (int'l edition)
    TABLE: Manila's Presidential Contenders
    ONLINE ORIGINAL: A Talk with Joseph Estrada
 India's Phone Monopoly Pulls the Plug on Net Telephony (int'l edition)
 
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICA
 A Secretive Mexican Tycoon Gets Investor-Friendly (int'l edition)
    TABLE: Slim's Road to Riches
 
INTERNATIONAL -- EDITORIALS
 Asia's Bank Cleanup Must Begin Now (int'l edition)



 
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